This study mainly investigated two issues: firstly, the existence of a positive relationship between the accumulation of knowledge stocks in regional industries and their value addition, and secondly, the spillover effects of knowledge stocks from the central cities to the surrounding regions,...

Kobayashi N. (2004) Industrial structure and manufacturing growth during Japan's bubble and post-bubble economies, Reg. Studies 38, 429-444. This paper considers the effects of changing industrial structure and region-specific factors on the regional increase/decrease of manufacturing shipments...

The purpose of this paper is to decompose income inequality based on two different dimensions in nature. One is sample's personal characteristics, and the other is income sources. Empirical investigation is attempted to data in Japan. Although there are several studies which attempted...